Spilcan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spilcan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: spelcean ; Related words: spelc. spilcan

Definitions

1 spilcan

p. te To bind with splints :-- Ðæt sceáp ðæt sceoncforad wæs ne spilcte gé ðæt quod fractum est, non alligastis, Past. 17, 9 ; Swt. 123, 10. Gif scancan forade synd . . . hú mon spelcean scyle, Lchdm. ii. 6, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᛚᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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